Nine residents of the four apartments on the top floor of the building were left homeless by the fire. The Red Cross quickly offered assistance.

One of the businesses lost to the fire was B.H. Bissell Pharmacy, owned by Ed Karvosky, a cherished figure in town.

Customers came to the scene to console him, and his employees took up temporary residence in the town clerk's office to contact the regular customers who would worry about their records and their prescriptions.